Wiccan Rede

Short form:

: Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill: An it harm none, do what ye will.

I have found various versions of the full Rede on the net. Here is one that seems fairly representative:

: Bide ye Wiccan laws ye must,

in perfect love and perfect trust.

Live and let live, fairly take and fairly give.

Form the circle thrice about, to keep all evil spirits out.

To bind ye spell every time, let ye spell be spake in rhyme.

Soft of eye, light of touch, speak ye little, listen much.

Deosil go by the waxing moon, singing out ye Witches’ Rune.

Widdershins go by the waning moon, chanting out ye Baneful Rune.

When the Lady’s moon is new, kiss your hand to her times two.

When the moon rides at her peak, then ye heart’s desire seek.

Heed the North wind’s mighty gale, lock the door and trim the sail.

When the wind comes from the South, love will kiss thee on the mouth.

When the wind blows from the West, departed souls may have no rest.

When the wind blows from the East, except the new and set the feast.

Nine woods in ye cauldron go, burn them fast and burn them slow.

Elder be ye Lady’s tree, burn it not or cursed ye’ll be.

When the wheel begins to turn, soon ye Beltaine fire’ll burn.

When the wheel hath turned to Yule, light the log the Horned One rules.

Heed ye flower, bush and tree, by the Lady blessed be.

Where the rippling waters flow, cast a stone and truth ye’ll know.

When ye have and hold a need, harken not to others greed.

With a fool no season spend, nor be counted as his friend.

Merry meet and merry part, bright the cheeks and warm the heart.

Mind ye threefold law ye should, three times bad and three times good.

When misfortune is anow, wear the blue star upon thy brow.

True in love ye must ever be, lest thy love be false to thee.

In these eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill,

‘An ye harm none, do what ye will.

Apologies if this is too wildly OffTopic.

A link to something else on Wiki might be nice.

Sorry. It's linked from two other Wiki pages, but other than linking back to those pages (which is pointless, since that functionality is provided by the title link) I don't have a good link to add just now. I promise to think about it, and to add appropriate links if I find them, but if I don't come up with something quickly and you feel the page shouldn't be here, you can delete it. I added the page because I wanted to make a reference to the Rede elsewhere, and I thought some Wikizens might not know what it is. But I realize that WikiIsNotaDictionary (or an encyclopedia) (although http://wiktionary.org/ and http://www.wikipedia.org/ are). The temptation to create a Wiki page for every possible topic, or at least for every topic tangentially referenced on any other Wiki page, is sometimes overwhelming.

Well, since a lot is written on eastern philosophies and its relation to programming practises (TaoOfProgramming?, ZenOfProgramming? etc.), perhaps something can be derived from other philosophies/religions? Let's give it a shot on WiccanProgramming?.

Derived from AleisterCrowley's "Law of Thelema" ("Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, love under will."), inspired by a line from Francois Rabelais' "Gargantua and Pantagruel" (or revealed by a SecretMaster? named Aiwass if you believe Crowley).

See additional discussion on QuotePageOne, including related quotes from Martin Luther, St. Augustine, and Germaine Greer.